The Islamic Ahrar al-Sham Movement in YouTube video posted by activists purported arresting parliament member in Dier al-Zour province. In a statement read by armed fighter, Ahrar al-Sham assured arresting number of pro-Assad militia, Shabiha in Shoumaitliya village...

  Three Syrians went on trial in Jordan on Tuesday for allegedly trying to smuggle 36 remote control detonators into their country to help anti-government rebels, a court official said. "The three suspects pleaded not guilty at the start of their state security...

   UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who arrived in Damascus Monday, believes President Bashar al-Assad could contribute to the transition to a "new" Syria, but not as the country's leader. Brahimi, who was in Syria on the latest leg of a...

United Nations officials confirmed an outbreak of polio among children in Syria on Tuesday, lending urgency to plans for vaccination campaigns there and in nearby countries to try to halt the spread of the disease. Tests confirmed polio in 10 out of 22 children in Deir...